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50 BEST MIDSIZE COMPANIES TO WORK FOR IN Chicago 2019
Upwork
HR Tech + Software
About us
Upwork is the world’s largest freelancing website, making it easier to get work done anytime, anywhere. With talented freelancers offering services in more than 3,500 areas of expertise on the platform, Upwork makes it easy for businesses and independent workers to connect—and team up on projects that range from web development to accounting.
100
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Braviant Holdings
Fintech
About us
Braviant Holdings is a digital lending platform that combines breakthrough technology and cutting-edge machine learning to empower consumers with better credit solutions. This next-generation approach to lending is reducing credit barriers and creating a Path to Prime to help millions of underbanked consumers.

60
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
OppLoans
Big Data + Fintech
About us
We're a socially-responsible FinTech firm that's grown 1,527% over the last three years. Backed by a global investment firm with $106 billion AUM. Accolades include three consecutive years on the Inc. 500, 3rd fastest-growing startup by Built In Chicago & 6th best company to work for by Glassdoor!
306
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
DialogTech
Marketing Tech + Software
About us
Powered by AI, DialogTech attributes customer calls to your marketing, showing you exactly how these conversations impact the customer journey. We provide the actionable analytics and technology to generate more calls at a lower cost, personalize call experiences, and drive revenue.
178
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
PEAK6 Investments
Fintech
About us
PEAK6 is not your typical investment firm. We are a unique, smart and entrepreneurial firm that thinks differently. We see solutions others don’t, and we are driven to capitalize on opportunities others miss.
This ambitious, entrepreneurial culture has helps us drive our diverse range of successful businesses.
200
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Reverb
eCommerce + Music
About us
Since launching in 2013, Reverb has grown into the world’s most popular music gear site, connecting millions of people around the world to the gear and the inspiration they need to make music. Our growing team comes to work each day to make Reverb the best place for musicians and music lovers to buy, sell, and learn about music gear.
175
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Jellyvision
Software
About us
Jellyvision’s award-winning software talks people through important, complex and potentially snooze-inducing life decisions - like choosing a healthcare insurance plan or saving for retirement - in simple, helpful, and engaging ways.

348
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Nerdery
Professional Services + Software
About us
Nerdery is a digital business consultancy working at the leading edge of strategy, design and technology to help clients evolve and thrive.
80
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Signal
AdTech + Marketing Tech
About us
Signal is the leading independent provider of data onboarding and identity resolution technology for the enterprise. Signal’s platform empowers marketers to enhance their customer experience by providing contextual relevance at all points of engagement, regardless of place or time.
120
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Yello
Enterprise Web + HR Tech
About us
Yello is reinventing recruiting by replacing outdated practices with innovative solutions. Organizations from Fortune 500 companies to high-growth start-ups use our technologies to modernize talent acquisition processes. Our culture emphasizes collaboration and supports rapid professional growth.
Founded
Chicago
Location
Solstice
Software
About us
Solstice is a digital innovation firm that helps Fortune 500 companies seize new opportunities through world-changing digital solutions. As strategists and consultants, we help organizations evolve their digital strategy to solve mission-critical problems. As designers and developers, we build incredible hardware and software solutions that transce
339
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
project44
Logistics + Software
About us
project44 is the world’s leading advanced visibility platform for shippers and third-party logistics firms. project44 connects, automates, and provides visibility into key transportation processes to accelerate insights and shorten the time it takes to turn those insights into actions.
125
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Envoy Global
Aerospace + HR Tech
About us
Founded in 1998, Envoy is a global immigration services provider offering the only enterprise immigration management platform that makes it seamless for companies to hire and manage an international workforce by combining expert legal representation — for both inbound and outbound immigration — and proprietary technology.
110
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Outcome Health
Digital Media + Healthtech
About us
Outcome Health is a healthcare innovation company reinventing the point of care to facilitate better outcomes for patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. Through content partnerships with nonprofit organizations, health advocacy groups, leading content creators and brand sponsors, Outcome Health makes critical moments more impactful.

Founded
Chicago
Location
SPINS LLC
Big Data + Cloud
About us
At SPINS, we believe there’s more than meets the eye to data. As the leading provider of retail consumer insights, analytics and consulting for the Natural, Organic and Specialty Products Industry, we strive to transform raw data into intelligent and actionable business solutions.
176
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
SpotMe
Events + Software
About us
SpotMe is the leading technology and service provider of mobile engagement platforms with focus on live events, virtual and hybrid meetings and long-term engagement. It provides enterprise solutions that include apps, platform and support services, as well as professional services to facilitate the adoption of the solutions.

33
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
VelocityEHS
Cloud + Software
About us
VelocityEHS is a new kind of EHS software company, helping you reach your environmental, health, safety and sustainability goals faster. Our VelocityEHS platform delivers simple and intuitive solutions that are more affordable, faster to implement, and that provide the best user experience.

270
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Enfusion
Fintech + Software
About us
For more than 10 years, Enfusion has provided technology innovation and support to the global investment management industry. Our market leading solution, Integráta, automates and simplifies investment management on a single platform. Enfusion has over 300 clients and six global offices (Chicago, NY, London, Hong Kong, Dublin, and Mumbai).

77
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Tempus
Big Data + Healthtech
About us
Tempus is a technology company that is building the world’s largest library of molecular and clinical data and an operating system to make that data accessible and useful. We enable physicians to deliver personalized cancer care for patients through our interactive analytical and machine learning platform.

350
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
ThoughtWorks
Agency
About us
ThoughtWorks is a global technology consultancy. We partner with clients who view technology as the core of their business and who seek to launch software products in weeks, not years. We bring expertise in areas including Agile, UX, devops, and lean. ThoughtWorks is the recipient of 2016's ABI Award for Top Company for Women Technologists.
205
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
TOP PERKS + BENEFITS
Vision Benefits
401(K) Matching
Health Insurance Benefits
Dental Benefits
Hireology
Software
About us
Hireology is building the best team. Ranked on the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Inc. 5000 lists of the fastest growing companies in the United States, and #4 on the 2018 Crain’s Chicago Business Fast 50 List, our hiring and talent management platform is simple to use yet powerful enough to address all human capital needs.
150
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Origami Risk
Cloud + Information Technology
About us
Origami Risk is a wildly successful Enterprise Software as a Service growing at an exceptional rate. Origami has been consistently ranked the #1 Risk Management Information System (RMIS) in the industry’s most comprehensive studies for the past 5 years. Founded by industry veterans committed to bringing new ideas and advanced features to the market

90
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Zoro
eCommerce
About us
Our e-commerce website has everything businesses and consumers need to clean, build and fix almost anything, at prices that make sense. We’ve got over 2 million products (and counting) that are shipped fast and often free. Throw in our award-winning culture and customer service and you’ll find Zoro an amazing place to work and grow!
300
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago - River North & Buffalo Grove
Location
Ansarada
Software
About us
Ansarada is an AI-powered dealmaking platform provider focused on helping companies and their advisors thrive amid their most important business events, such as mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, IPOs and audits. Founded in Australia, we're a 12-year old company that's transforming its product offering and building out our US team!

25
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Vibes
Mobile + Software
About us
Vibes, a mobile marketing leader, is a team of more than 150 experts with one common goal: unlock new revenue potential for retailers and brands. We accomplish this by uniquely combining best-in-class technology with top-notch mobile expertise.

125
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Shiftgig
Software
About us
Shiftgig connects businesses with the on-demand workforce through our industry-leading mobile platform. Our technology provides financial opportunity for hourly workers seeking flexibility and choice, while delivering powerful business agility to companies.
65
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Strata Decision Technology
Healthtech + Information Technology
About us
Here at Strata, our mission, and our passion, is to help heal healthcare – driving solutions that will bend the cost curve. Our software is influencing one of the biggest socio-economic problems of our time for the better and positively impacting patients’ lives in the process.
Founded
Chicago
Location
About us
Trading Technologies develops high-performance trading software for professional derivatives traders. We launched the TT platform, delivered via SaaS, in 2015, and it has set new records for speed in the industry. Our success is driven by our talented and dedicated employees, and we’ve designed our culture to allow them to maximize their potential.

271
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
TOP PERKS + BENEFITS
Health Insurance Benefits
401(K) Matching
Generous Parental Leave
Dental Benefits
Vision Benefits
Geneva Trading
Fintech
About us
Geneva was designed to be a nimble organization with a rigid focus on its core strengths: risk management, market enhancement, technology innovation, and alpha generation.

110
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
PowerReviews
Enterprise Web
About us
Ratings and reviews solutions from PowerReviews are essential for consumers as they search and shop online and in-store, and they are proven to increase online site-wide sales up to 17%.
145
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Arity
Big Data + Transportation
About us
Founded by The Allstate Corporation in 2016, Arity is a data and analytics company focused on improving transportation. We collect and analyze enormous amounts of data, using predictive analytics to build solutions with a single goal in mind: to make transportation smarter, safer and more useful for everyone.
270
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Snapsheet
Mobile + Software
About us
Snapsheet is an insurance technology company bringing the future to auto claims processing. We build products to drive efficiencies using data and technology. When the insured is at their worst, Snapsheet is there to help! We are experiencing hyper growth mode — check out our open positions!
250
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
RXBAR
Food
About us
Real and delicious, we make clean-label snack products including RXBAR, RXBAR Kids and RX Nut Butter. Made with egg whites, dates and nuts, our core ingredients are all there for a reason. No free rides. No fillers. No B.S. As the fastest-growing nutrition bar brand in the United States, RXBAR cuts through the cluttered world of snacks.
200
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Affinitiv
Automotive + Marketing Tech
About us
Affinitiv is a leading marketing technology company exclusively serving automotive manufacturers (OEMs), dealership groups, and individual dealers. Affinitiv enables its customers to produce, manage, measure, and optimize multi-channel communications to drive brand loyalty and increase revenue across the dealership.

200
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Avant
Consumer Web + Fintech
About us
Avant is an online lending platform that is the leading provider of credit alternatives to middle income consumers in the US. Avant offers access to unsecured personal loans ranging from $2,000-$35,000 with funding possible as soon as the next business day, and has served more than 500,000 customers worldwide through its platform.
450
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
SpotHero
Consumer Web + Transportation
About us
We’re rapidly growing with the mission of bringing the parking industry into the future through technology. Drivers across the nation use the SpotHero mobile app or website to reserve convenient, affordable parking on-the-go or in advance, and parking companies rely on us to help them reach new customers while optimizing their business.

140
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Evive
Healthtech + Software
About us
Evive changes how people use benefits. Integrating richly layered data sets, Evive activates principles of predictive analytics and behavioral economics to obtain demonstrable outcomes, with engagement ranging from health to wealth to work/life. Evive helps people to improve their lives and Fortune 1000 enterprises to optimize their investments.
Founded
Chicago
Location
Narrative Science
Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning
About us
Narrative Science creates software that writes stories from enterprise data to drive understanding and results. Powered by artificial intelligence, our technology automatically turns data into easy-to-understand reports, transforms statistics into stories, and converts numbers into knowledge.

100
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Americaneagle.com
Agency + Enterprise Web
About us
Americaneagle.com is an industry leader in professional website design, strategy, development, and hosting. We're truly a one-stop shop offering a full range of solutions for anyone looking to succeed in their online endeavors. Americaneagle.com is a family owned, privately held company with a long history of profitability and stability.
Founded
Des Plaines
Location
Collective Health
Healthtech
About us
Collective Health gives companies a smarter way to provide healthcare coverage through technology and design. Powered by an all-in-one solution that connects and administers the entire health benefits ecosystem—health plans, benefits programs, spending accounts, employee support—their technology delivers an effortless experience for everyone.
10
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Livongo
Cloud + Healthtech
About us
Livongo empowers people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives. We make it easier for people to stay healthy, starting with our diabetes prevention, and diabetes and hypertension offerings, by driving behavior change through the combination of consumer health technology, personalized recommendations, and real-time support at the
Founded
Chicago
Location
Seismic
Enterprise Web + Machine Learning
About us
Seismic is the recognized leader in sales and marketing enablement, equipping global sales teams with the knowledge, messaging, and automatically personalized content proven to be the most effective for any buyer interaction.

60
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Raise
eCommerce
About us
Raise, a leading retail payments company and the world’s largest gift card marketplace, connects consumers to buy discounted gift cards or sell their unwanted cards for cash. As the leading retail technology partner with nearly 450 national brands, Raise offers a new type of digital payment for retailers.
185
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Vital Proteins
Food
About us
Vital Proteins is an emerging, dynamic brand consisting of a team of passionate individuals who believe whole food based nutrition is essential for overall health, fitness and wellbeing.
150
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
ActiveCampaign
Marketing Tech + Software
About us
ActiveCampaign is building the technology that enables small businesses around the world to meaningfully connect and engage with their customers. With our SaaS platform, businesses can go beyond marketing automation to optimize their customers’ experiences.
305
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
cleverbridge
eCommerce + Payments
About us
cleverbridge provides ecommerce and subscription management solutions for monetizing digital goods, online services and SaaS. Our cloud-based ecommerce platform simplifies recurring billing, optimizes the customer experience and offers comprehensive global compliance and payment capabilities.
102
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
FourKites, Inc.
Logistics + Software
About us
Using a proprietary algorithm to calculate shipment arrival times, we enable customers to lower operating costs, improve on-time performance, and strengthen end-customer relationships. FourKites covers all modes including ocean, rail, parcel and over-the-road. The platform is optimized for mobile and equipped with market-leading end-to-end security

120
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
VillageMD
Healthtech
About us
VillageMD helps each primary care practice reach its highest potential, creating a more rewarding experience for patients and physicians. We bring experience in value-based contracting, data-driven decision-making, and ancillary development, combined with the capital needed for success.
60
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Strike Social
Artificial Intelligence + Marketing Tech
About us
Strike Social harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to help the world's leading agencies and brands — including Beats, Xbox, Honda, Mattel, Lionsgate and Trunk Club — succeed in YouTube and social media advertising. We were recently named the No. 17 fastest-growing private company in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine.

40
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Showpad
Software
About us
Showpad is the leading sales enablement platform for the modern seller. Showpad’s all-in-one platform empowers sales and marketing teams to engage buyers by integrating industry-leading training and coaching software with innovative content and engagement solutions.

120
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
What is Best Places to Work?
Best Places to Work rates companies algorithmically based on compensation and employer benefits data they provide to us.